1. Purpose
This procedure turns the traceability overlay into work a project can plan, perform and prove. It says which links are made in which phase, who owns them, what records they leave and what a gate reviewer looks for, so that the project can answer two questions at any time: where did this requirement go, and where did this unit come from.
A trace assembled before an audit is out of date by the next change. The procedure therefore treats the trace as a working information model that every team writes to as it works, freezes at each release and extends into manufacturing and the field.
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